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Nine killed in Russian missile attacks on Ukraine; one dead in Ukrainian raid on Russia
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Nine killed in Russian missile attacks on Ukraine; one dead in Ukrainian raid on Russia

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Russian missile and glide bomb attacks killed at least nine people in Ukraine overnight, with six dead and 19 wounded in Zaporizhzhia.
  • Three people, including a 15-year-old, were killed and five injured in an attack in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
  • Ukraine attacked a Wildberries logistics hub and other sites in Russia's Voronezh region, killing one person and injuring two.

Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight killed at least nine people, with authorities reporting six dead and 19 wounded in Zaporizhzhia. The head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, stated on Telegram that the previous toll of five dead had been revised upward. The Russian military launched a massive assault with missiles and guided bombs dropped from warplanes, damaging apartment buildings, warehouses, and the city center.

six people were killed and (another) 19 were injured

— Ivan FedorovHead of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, reporting on the casualties from Russian strikes.

In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, an attack involving drones and artillery killed three people, including a 15-year-old, and wounded five others, according to regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanza. Explosions were also heard in Kyiv after midnight, following a ballistic missile threat. A warehouse fire was reported, and one person was injured.

Three people were killed, including a 15-year-old, and five others were injured

— Oleksandr HanzaHead of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, detailing casualties from an attack in his region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that strikes targeted military-industrial complex facilities and transportation and logistics hubs in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile, in Russia's Voronezh region, a drone attack killed a 49-year-old man and injured two others, causing warehouse fires. Russian air defenses reported intercepting 15 Ukrainian drones over Voronezh. Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, evacuated staff from its facilities in the region due to safety concerns after a drone crash caused fires at two warehouses.

the strikes targeted military-industrial complex facilities and transportation and logistics hubs in the cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia

— Russian Ministry of DefenseAnnouncing the objectives of their overnight attacks in Ukraine.

These Russian attacks followed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement that Russia was preparing to deploy thousands of soldiers from North Korea for the war, having received new ballistic missiles from Pyongyang. Russian forces have intensified their strikes in recent weeks.

one person was killed and two others injured

— Alexander GusevGovernor of Voronezh region, reporting on a drone attack in Russia.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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